Teaching Objectives ( 教学目的)
1. To Require students obtain the information related to the text. 2. To help students learn the new words and expressions. 3. To get the students to communicate in English confidently.
4. To teach the reading skill--- finding out word meanings through many different ways.
Teaching Requirements ( 教学要求 )
1. Students are able to get a clear understanding of the text. 2.Students are required to master new words and phrases.
3. Students should do some extra reading and exercises after class
Teaching methodology ( 教学方法 )
1. Communicative method ( 交际法 ) 2. Cognitive method ( 认知法 )
3. The Grammar-translation method （ 语法翻译法 ） 4. The audio-lingual Method ( 听说法 )
Time distributive ( 时间分配)
1. 2. 3. 4.
Preparation and analyses of the passage A ( 1.5-2 hours ) Analyses of passage A and exercises ( 2-2 .5hours ) Analyses of the passage B ( 2.5 hours ) listening and speaking ( 2-2.5 hours )
Focuses and difficulties ( 教学重难点)
1. Comprehension of passage A. 2. New words and phrases.
3. Reading skill--- finding out word meaning.
Teaching Procedures ( 教学过程 )
I. Before Reading
Background Information
Columbus (1451-1506) — Italian explorer
In 1492, European explorer Christopher Columbus sailed west across the Atlantic Ocean hoping to reach Asia. Instead, he reached lands that were unknown to Europeans. Those lands were later named the Americas. After Columbus, many Europeans began to settle the Americas.
Zheng He or Cheng Ho (1371-1433) — Chinese admiral, explorer, and diplomat
Zheng He extended Chinese maritime and commercial influence in the regions bordering the Indian Ocean. His seven voyages, which surpassed all previous naval expeditions in the world, opened
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trade and diplomatic ties for China with at least 35 countries and encouraged the emigration that was the basis of Chinese colonization in Southeast Asia.
II.Global Reading
Part Division of the Text
Part 1.(1-11) Chichester’s decision to sail round the world single-handed Part 2.(12-45) Chichester’s accomplishment of his great voyage
Part 3.(46-49) the significance of his great voyage --- giving man new pride
Questions and Answers
1. What do you think Chichester learnt from his voyage?
2. Why do we think what Chichester did has given people all over the world new pride?
III．Detailed Reading
1.single-handed: adj. & adv. (done) by one person alone 这个工作无法由一个人独自完成。 The job cannot be done single-handed.
2.be determined to do / about doing sth.: have a strong will to (do) He is determined about giving up smoking.
be determined to do sth. & make up one’s mind to do sth. be determined to do sth. 侧重某人的决心。
make up one’s mind to do sth. 则强调某人打定主意，不再动摇。 e.g. At last we made up our minds to tell her the truth.
3. give up & give in
give up 除了表示“认输”和“停止”时外，后接名词或动名词作宾语。give in 表示“屈服；投降；让步”时后面没有宾语；但表示“交上；呈上”时后面接名词宾语。 I give up. I just can’t work it out.
They argued back and forth until finally Buzz gave in. Give your exam papers in when you’ve finished.
4.voyage:
n. a long journey (by sea, by land or through outer space)
e.g. A voyage to the moon will be available to common people, I’m sure. The sailor will make a voyage to Singapore. vi. go on a (sea) journey; sail
Sir Frances Drake was the first man who voyaged around the world. voyage, journey, travel & trip 这几个词都是名词，都有“旅行”、“旅程”之意。 voyage在现代英语中通常指较长距离的水上航行，但也可指空中航行。 例如： In those days, the voyage to Australia was long and dangerous.
那时候，到澳大利亚的航行既长又危险。
journey是比较正式的用语，通常指陆地上的远行，没有回到原出发地的含义。 例如：起初我担心她受不了长距离的旅行。
At first I was afraid the long journey would be too much for her.
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travel的单数形式泛指旅行这一行为或过程，而要表示某次具体的旅行时，通常用复数，而且通常指到远方作长时间的旅行。 例如：她对政治、音乐和旅游感兴趣 Her interests are politics, music, and travel.
trip通常指较短距离的旅行，但在较通俗、随便的用法中可代替journey。 例如：你喜欢去上海的旅行吗？
Did you enjoy your trip to Shanghai? go on / make / take a voyage to…去„旅行 be on a voyage在旅途中
5. previously: adv. before the present time or the time referred to 例如：两个月前，我就把信寄出了。
I had posted the letter two months previously.
6.set off
set off for holidays出发去度假
set off for a place (eg. Shanghai) 动身去某地（如：上海）
7.attempt:
n. effort to do sth
e.g. A true friend will make every attempt to help you.
一个真正的朋友会尽力帮助你。
vt. try e.g. He attempted a joke, but no one laughed.
8.dissuade: vt. prevent (sb.) from doing sth. by giving reasons dissuade sb. from doing sth./sth. 例如：他们劝她别辍学。
They dissuaded her from leaving school.
persuade 是 dissuade 的反义词，表示“说服”、“劝说”。 常用句型有：persuade sb. to do sth./into doing sth. persuade sb. out of doing sth.
9.by far 和 so far 是两个比较容易混淆的词组。by far 有 “„ 得多；最„；显然”的意思，用于修饰比较级和最高级形式的形容词和副词，强调数量、程度等。例如：而so far 的意思是“迄今为止；就此范围而言”。例如： The weather has been hot so far this summer.
10. turn over:
（1）(cause to ) fall over; upset
例如：护士把病人翻过去，并给他打了一针。
The nurse turned the patient over and gave him an injection. (2) think over
e.g. I turned the idea over (in my mind) for a week before replying. 这个想法我反复考虑了一周后才作了答复。
turn down拒绝；关小，调低 turn to求助于
turn on( off)打开，关上
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11.contact
vt. get in touch with
e.g.Do you often contact your former classmates? n.例如：我和她已好几年没联系了
I have been out of contact with her for several years. The pilot tried to make contact with his base, but failed. 飞行员试图与基地取得联系，但失败了。
12.waken :v. (cause to) wake from sleep e.g.I shook him but he didn't waken.
13. very: adj. same; identical (often used with the, this, that, my, his, etc. to emphasize a noun ) e.g.Everyone says Jim is the very man for the job. e.g.At that very moment a good idea came to me. 就在那一刻我想到了一个好主意。
14. moreover: adv. also and more importantly (used to add information) 例如：该房子价格太高，又远离学校。
The price of the house is too high; moreover, it is situated far away from my school.
Proverbs and Quotations
1. Where there is a will, there is a way. 有志者，事竟成。
2.No cross no crown. 不吃苦中苦，难为人上人。 3.Faith will move mountain. 信心能移动大山。
4. Perseverance is vital to success. 毅力为成功所必需。
5. Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it.
------Hellen Keller, American writer
虽然世界多苦难，但是苦难总是能战胜的。
— 美国作家 海伦 · 凯勒
6. There is no royal road to science, and only those who do not dread the fatiguing climb of gaining its numinous summits.
---- Karl Marx, German revolutionary
在科学上没有平坦的大道，只有不畏劳苦沿着其崎岖之路攀登的人，才有希望达到它光辉的顶点。
-------德国革命家 K ·马克思 IV Exercises and
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